Buffer overflow in Microsoft Silverlight
CVE-2015-6166
Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 5.1.41105.00 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access) via unspecified open and close requests, aka "Microsoft Silverlight RCE Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.141 (96.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.141 · newest: 0.141 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Silverlight — versions 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-129 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034321 (vdb-entry)